Raptors and 76ers Tangle In Evening Battle
The Toronto Raptors take on the Philadelphia 76ers in an NBA seeding game in Orlando on Wednesday evening.

The Raptors (51-19) come into Wednesday's divisional contest already locked into the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference, meaning a solid allotment of minutes for Toronto's second-unit players is likely in what will be each squad's penultimate regular-season game. The Raptors earned the security they now enjoy by winning five of their first six games in the restarted season. Their most recent success came Monday when they upended the Milwaukee Bucks by a 114-106 score. Chris Boucher paced the Raptors with 25 points off the bench, adding 11 rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks. Matt Thomas supplied 22 points, four boards and one assist. Norman Powell registered 21 points, eight boards, one assist, three blocks and two steals. Pascal Siakam furnished 14 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals. Hollis-Jefferson contributed 11 points, five rebounds, five assists and one steal. Terence Davis managed 10 points, three rebounds and one steal.

The Raptors will list Serge Ibaka (knee) as questionable for Wednesday's game, while Patrick McCaw (knee) remains away from Orlando for treatment.

The 76ers (42-29) are one game behind the No. 5-seeded Indiana Pacers with two games to play, but they're now assured of not having star Ben Simmons (knee) available the rest of the way. Philadelphia comes into the contest with a 3-3 mark in seeding games thus far, with their most recent time on the floor resulting in a 130-117 loss to the red-hot Phoenix Suns on Tuesday. Alec Burks led the way for the 76ers with 23 points, adding four assists, two rebounds and one steal. Raul Neto furnished 22 points, four assists and two rebounds. Mike Scott compiled 17 points, four boards, one assist and one steal. Glenn Robinson III managed 15 points and seven rebounds. Furkan Korkmaz finished with 12 points.

In addition to Simmons, the 76ers will likely list Joel Embiid (ankle), Al Horford (knee) and Tobias Harris (ankle) as questionable at best for Wednesday's contest. All three players were held out against Phoenix.

Wednesday's game marks the fourth and final meeting between the teams this season. The Raptors hold a 2-1 series lead, having notched 101-96 and 107-95 wins on Nov. 25 and Jan. 22, respectively.
Posted on: 8/11/2020 9:41 PM
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